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Kim RuggKim Rugg's work involves reducing and dismantling an object to its most elemental parts and then reconstructing it to reveal new meanings, to obliterate original ones, to change or destroy its function and to prompt the viewer to consider the familiar from an entirely new perspective. Rugg exposes the hidden meaning within each structural component, and shows how the information we process is "informed" before we even begin to think. Kim Rugg is represented by Mark Moore gallery in Santa Monica, California. Kim Rugg, Code, 2007, newsprint (The Sunday Telegraph), 23.5 x 14.5 inches Appeared in the February 13-26 issue of the The L Magazine.
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Laura LancasterLaura Lancaster is one of the most exciting young artists in the UK, and her paintings and installations are capturing the imaginations of galleries, curators and collectors around the art world. Found in unwanted photographs and discarded cine film, her subject matter is other people's lost or abandoned memories. Appeared in the January 21-February 4 issue of the The L Magazine. |
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Case SimmonsTaking inspiration from pop icons, sacred geometry and current events, Simmons creates large-scale digital photo collages by synthesizing thousands of images, all found on the internet, into a single image. The result is a temple, or shrine, paying homage to our contemporary place of worship unique to this moment. It's where and what we worship, a culture on the brink of devouring itself, a moment of impossible spectacle.
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Aida KleinAida Klein's watercolors, inspired by amateur snapshots, capture bygone vistas from an age when memory is more the result of photographic documentation than recollection. A recent graduate of Otis College of Art and Design, the Los Angeles artist presented her first solo exhibition at Mary Goldman Gallery October 20 - December 1, 2007. Appeared in the December 19-January 1 issue of the The L Magazine.
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Suzannah SinclairYou won't see me. Your silent face. Fate takes time. In the morning we don't know what to do. Yesterdays haunt me. I probably will never see you again. Darling, don't despair. You can be mean and I'll drink all the time. Today, can I borrow a minute of your tomorrow. Please keep me in mind. The dawn of your lonely years -Suzannah Sinclair, 9/07 Suzannah Sinclair is represented by Samson Projects, Boston. Appeared in the December 4-18 issue of the The L Magazine.
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Miyeon LeeMiyeon Lee's paintings are reactions to the aesthetics of simplicity, space and geometrical elements that seek to discover the poetics of nature within the mechanics of painting. Lee produces all of her visual sources by taking photographs in daily life. Scenes that generate layers of ambiguous energy and moments that hold mysterious traces of life and memory capture her attention, moving her to paint. Miyeon Lee is represented by Gavlak, in West Palm Beach, Florida. Miyeon Lee, Open Closed, 2007, Oil on canvas, 24 in. x 30 in. Appeared in the November 21-December 4 issue of the The L Magazine.
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Paul LeePaul Lee, through the collecting, manipulating and sifting of flawed materials -- empty soda cans, images, used wash cloths, lumps of coal and light bulbs -- transforms discarded pieces of life into works full of subliminal homoerotic sensuality and existential weight. Painting, sculpture and collage often cross paths and together they make an interesting game of correspondence. Paul Lee's last solo exhibition in 2006 was presented by Massimo Audiello in New York City. Appeared in the November 7-20 issue of the The L Magazine.
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Harrison HaynesHarrison Haynes explores the notions of time, space and memory, concerning himself with the banal comfort of the familiar. Trees and buildings are covered in kudzu, which seems to take over with an insidious insistence. Here, landscape becomes active, literally bearing down on the inhabitants in a metaphor for the pressures associated with homecoming. The works touch on autobiographical themes, exploring the anxiety that familiar landscapes can elicit when they move from memory to reality. Courtesy of Branch Gallery, NC Appeared in the October 24-November 6 issue of the The L Magazine.
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Ira CohenIra Cohen, poet, photographer and filmmaker, was born in 1935 in New York City. He published the exorcism magazine GNAOUA and produced Jilala, a mythic recording of trance music by a sect of dervishes. In the 1960s Cohen built a room in his New York loft lined with large panels of Mylar plastic that causes images to crackle and swirl in hypnotic, sometimes beautiful patterns. This body of photographic work is known as "The Mylar Chamber". Ira Cohen's photographs are currently being exhibited at the Cerealart Project Room in Philadelphia through November 10. For more information visit www.cerealart.com Appeared in the October 10-23 issue of the The L Magazine.
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Scott HugMixing references to American politics and global events with the logic of celebrity culture, Scott Hug's work interrogates an apathetic national audience that allows an obsession with celebrity and "newstainment" to supersede pressing political concerns. Hug's source material is often culled from images found in today's media including the notoriously conservative and sensational New York Post. Excerpted from Just Kick It Till It Breaks by Matthew Lyons and Debra Singer, The Kitchen. Scott Hug's upcoming solo exhibition "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" will be on view from October 11 - November 21 at John Connelly Presents. Appeared in the September 26-October 9 issue of the The L Magazine.
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Michael WilliamsMichael Williams lives with his mother in Rhode Island. He paints out in the garage and rents his 88 year-old neighbor's garage for use as a show room. Michael Williams' work will be on view from October 11 until November 18 at CANADA, 55 Chrystie Street (between Hester and Canal), 212-925-4631. Appeared in the September 12-25 issue of the The L Magazine.
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Henry TaylorThough Henry Taylor and collaborator Michele O'Marah work with very different mediums, recently they have been drawn together by a shared passion to challenge the notion of race in America. Henry's raw and powerful paintings, similar to this presented work, serve as a foundation for the joint artistic endeavor, elaborated upon by O'Marah's film, which features Taylor portraying controversial Black Panther Huey Newton. RENTAL will present fellow NADA member Sister Gallery's Taylor/O'Marah show in October. Appeared in the September 5-11 issue of the The L Magazine.
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Molly SmithDeploying an economy of means and gesture, Molly Smith's (b.1976) watercolors combine an ephemeral materialism with uncanny whimsicality. Smith's dream-like images can never quite be pinned down, with one foot in the door of the familiar, and one in the door of the unfamiliar. Image and abstraction collapse into poetic evocations of mystery: at once elegant and disturbing, Smith's work can be characterized as graceful, semantic slips - slipping traces of underworlds and undertows. Appeared in the August 29-September 11 issue of the The L Magazine.
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George KontosSCYCRANES Appeared in the August 15-28 issue of The L Magazine.
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Ellen TakataPainting in the Bathroom, from Winter Indoors, 2004. (Handmade book of haikus and photographs) Appeared in the August 1-14 issue of The L Magazine.
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Justin LiebermanJustin Lieberman was born in 1977 in Gainesville, FL and lives and works in Brooklyn. Lieberman has had solo exhibitions at Zach Feuer Gallery, NY; Sutton Lane, London; McCaffrey Fine Art, NY; Locust Projects, Miami; Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris; and Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston. Upcoming exhibitions include Ebony, Ivory, Rubber, and Dough at Sutton Lane, London and A Fascinating Arrangement of Particles at the Blondeau Space, Geneva. Appeared in the July 18-31 issue of The L Magazine. |
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Georg GatsasThere is an element of self-portrait in every picture by Georg Gatsas. His photographs of landscapes and people give insight to his life and the artists and visual worlds that shape his practice. This portrait is of the artist Andro Wekua outside his former home in Zurich. Gatsas is a recent recipient of the Swiss Art Awards and will be presenting a solo show at James Fuentes LLC in January 2008. Appeared in the July 11-17 issue of The L Magazine.
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